CHR 616204 – Sematophyllum kirkii (Müll.Hal. ex Beckett) Paris
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 616204
Type status:
Type
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
12 July 2011
Database record updated:
23 June 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Hypnum kirkii Beckett
Determiner:
Allan Fife
Identification date:
2007-05 (Verbatim: May 2007)
Preferred name:
Sematophyllum kirkii (Müll.Hal. ex Beckett) Paris
Division:
Bryophyta
Class:
Bryatae
Family:
Hypnaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Type status:
Type
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Hypnum (Heterophyllum) kirkii sp. nov.
Determiner:
[Beckett TWN]
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Sematophyllum kirkii (Müll.Hal. ex Beckett) Paris
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Note:
Named by Dr Karl Müller 25 May 1892
Identification
Determined name:
Sematophyllum contiguum (Hk.f. & W.) Mitt.
Determiner:
[Allison KW]
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Sematophyllum subhumile var. contiguum (Mitt.) B.C.Tan, W.B.Schofield & H.P.Ramsay
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Identification
Determined name:
Sematophyllum kirkii comb. nov.
Determiner:
Allan Fife
Identification date:
2007-05 (Verbatim: May 2007)
Preferred name:
Sematophyllum kirkii (Müll.Hal. ex Beckett) Paris
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Snares Islands / Tini Heke
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-48.038 S 166.552 E (WGS84 -48.038 166.552)
Verbatim locality:
The Snares
Verbatim collector:
T.K. [Kirk T]
Standardised collector:
Kirk, T
Verbatim date:
Jan 1890
Start date:
1890-01
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Southland Land District
Specimen notes
Herbarium history:
[Herb. T.W.N. Beckett] NZ 370
Herbarium history:
Ex herb Prof. T. Kirk
Type:
Holotype of Hypnum kirkii Müll.Hal. ex Beckett, Trans. & Proc. N. Z. Inst. 25: 294 (1893)
Type:
Type gathering of Hypnum kirkii Beckett
[Allison KW]
[Allison KW]
Supplementary remarks:
I am no longer convinced the Hypnum kirkii Müll.Hal. & Beckett can be placed in synonymy of S. subhumile contiguum var. contiguum. The best type of this name was collected by T. Kirk in the Snares in Jan. 1890 (CHR-Beckett). It is fruiting, unlike the other syntype. It is in habit very nuch like var. S. subhumile var. contiguum, but it has distinctly papillose setae and veg. leaves with denticulate margins. I think these features require it to be separated at some taxonomic level..either species ofr variety.
Allan Fife, March 2007
Allan Fife, March 2007
Supplementary remarks:
Several features distinguish Snares Island material form S. subhumile var contiguum. Most notably the half vegetative leaf margins are sharply denticulate, the setae distinctly mamillose, and the exothecial cells are subcollenchymatous (i.e. with the longitudinal walls markedly thickened, transverse walls relatively thin-walled, and corners not thickend) and arranged in clear longitudinal ranks. Less clear differences involve stem length (somewhat longer and more branched), a tendency for the leaves to be more erect-appressed, and, a slight tendency toward porostiy in the laminal cells. The plants show clear affinity to S. subhumile s.l., but these differences, collecctively, indicate taxonomic distinction at the varietal level in S. subhumile is required.
In the past, I considered this collection to be aberrant Wijkia. Although there is something "Wijkia-like" about the branching patterns and the weak tendency to produce attenuate branch tips, I no longer consider this assignment to be correct.
Allan Fife, May 2007
Allan Fife, May 2007
Supplementary remarks:
This specimen used for illustration for Flora of New Zealand Mosses.
Specimen cited, as "the type" on illustration by R. Wagstaff.
Gibb ES, July 2011
Gibb ES, July 2011
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